{"id":6009,"date":"2009-10-28T07:09:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T15:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2009-10-28T07:29:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T15:59:25","slug":"portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portraits. Suddenly they’re the rage. Every art critic\/blogger<\/a> seems to be showcasing someone’s new portrait of a hip-hop celebrity, or a museum’s retrospective of a newly discovered, been around a long time, figurative painter. The National Gallery held a portrait competition last summer and these<\/a> are the finalists. Not many loosely painted or expressionist works. Of course I live near the figurative capital of the world; Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Peter Schjeldahl<\/a> was one of the jurors and while I don’t agree with all the choices, in this interview<\/a> he has a thoughtful take on how to look at art: ‘I think the most sensitive, intelligent, cultivated, exciting people I know in their interest to art do not\u00c2\u00a0register on the public level. I mean, they’re not part of institutional structures. They wouldn’t be caught dead in it.’<\/em><\/p>\n

and this gem:\u00c2\u00a0‘the only education that matters in aesthetics is self-education.’<\/em><\/p>\n

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The following portraits are all from 1981-82 and are of friends, models – anyone who would sit long enough for me to paint them. Fond memories, gentler times.<\/p>\n

Rosa in blue shirt. Oil on canvas, 35″x25″ 1982<\/p>\n

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Teddy. Oil on canvas, 17″x15″ 1981<\/p>\n

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Malcolm and Louise. Oil on canvas 30″x32″, 1982<\/p>\n

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Neill. Oil on canvas, 34″x27″ 1981<\/p>\n

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Bill. Oil on masonite, 28″x24″ 1982<\/p>\n

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Girl with yellow background. Oil on canvas 30″x25″ 1982<\/p>\n

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Rosa, nude. Oil on canvas, 37″x30″ 1982<\/p>\n

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Self portrait. Oil on masonite, 25″x24″ 1982<\/p>\n

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